In general, I can say that sometimes we are allowed to reach our lands and at other times we are shot at, like other farmers, in order to prevent us from reaching our lands. We are confused and do not know how to deal with the Occupation since the soldiers behave irregularly and we do not receive up-to-date guidelines. Sometimes they even allow some farmers to access their lands while they shoot at others, tells Faysal Odeh, a farmer from Khuza’a, Khan-Yunis.169 Such irregularity in enforcing the buffer zone curbs the understanding of the historical variations of the buffer zone’s range.170 Still, the buffer zone seems to expand in times of conflict in Gaza. In 2010, OCHA reported that Israel had been expanding the buffer zone up to 1,000-1,500 meters after November 2008, when the “ceasefire” between the Palestinian Authority in the Gaza Strip and Israel collapsed,171 leading to “Operation Cast Lead”. Most recently, during “Operation Protective Edge”, Israel declared a three-kilometer wide strip along the fence as “buffer zone”, covering 44% of Gaza’s land (see map).172 Source: OCHA - Occupied Palestinian Territories, Gaza Emergency Situation Report (as of 22 July 2014, 1500 Hrs), 1. During the this wide spread Israeli attack, the number of Palestinian internally displaced persons reached approximately 500,000, mostly coming from 169 Ibid., 80. 170 OCHA, Between the Fence and a Hardplace, 8. 171 Ibid. 172 OCHA - Occupied Palestinian Territories, Gaza Emergency Situation Report (as of 22 July 2014, 1500 Hrs), 1. 51